mark mcfarlane
03-01-2022, 5:45 PM
Just replaced a Forrest WWII with an identical blade and could not believe how much quieter the new blade was. It is almost silent in comparison. I can clearly hear the scoring blade cut but almost no sound from the new 12"er.
I'm not suggesting that the blades are any different other than the sharpness. The cut difference was night and day. I guess using a saw blade is kind of like boiling a frog, the degradation happens so slowly.
I suspect some folks in a commercial shop can tell how sharp a blade is by listening. Cutting maybe 1000' a year didn't give me that skill.
I'm keeping a fresh cherry crosscut offcut in a drawer for comparison in the future. I don't crosscut hardwood very often on the slider. The rips on the old blade were pretty good but a long crosscut in cherry really shows the blade sharpness
I'm not suggesting that the blades are any different other than the sharpness. The cut difference was night and day. I guess using a saw blade is kind of like boiling a frog, the degradation happens so slowly.
I suspect some folks in a commercial shop can tell how sharp a blade is by listening. Cutting maybe 1000' a year didn't give me that skill.
I'm keeping a fresh cherry crosscut offcut in a drawer for comparison in the future. I don't crosscut hardwood very often on the slider. The rips on the old blade were pretty good but a long crosscut in cherry really shows the blade sharpness